Talk:Neptunium/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Parcly Taxel (talk · contribs) 04:57, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Righty tighty. Think this is my third GA review, and I've just nominated an FAC, so here we go. Parcly Taxel 04:57, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors:

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. Has an appropriate reference section:

B. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:

B. Focused:
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content:

B. Images are provided if possible and are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:

1B/2B[edit]

Need sources for these two sentences, both in Weapons:
- "As of 2009, the world production of neptunium-237 by commercial power reactors was over 1000 critical masses a year, but to extract the isotope from irradiated fuel elements would be a major industrial undertaking."
  Done Double sharp (talk) 07:28, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- "The United States Federal government made plans in March 2004 to move America's supply of separated neptunium to a nuclear-waste disposal site in Nevada."
  Done Double sharp (talk) 07:28, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Lead needs to make mention of neptunium's toxicology.
Done Double sharp (talk) 06:56, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

1A[edit]

The bold text is to be deleted; the italic text is to be added.

Lead:
- "…led to its it being named after Neptune, the next planet beyond Uranus."
  Done Double sharp (talk) 06:59, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- "Since then through to the present… and up until now…"
  Done Double sharp (talk) 06:59, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Characteristics:
- Physical:
  - "The metal has been determined to melt at 639±3 °C; , [comma, not semicolon] and although the boiling point…"
    Done Double sharp (talk) 07:01, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Occurrence:
  - "…even the moderately long-lived ²³⁵Np (half-life 396 days) will would have decayed…"
    Done Double sharp (talk) 07:05, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
History:
- Background and early claims:
  - "…it showed a " — " in place after uranium…" Needs non-breaking spaces surrounding the dash.
    Done Double sharp (talk) 07:03, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - "…for at that point then-undiscovered elements."
    Done Double sharp (talk) 07:03, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - "Only a month later, the almost totally unexpected discovery of nuclear fission by Hahn, Meitner, and Otto Frisch seemed to put an end to the possibility that Fermi had discovered element 93 because most of the unknown half-lives that had been observed by Fermi's team were rapidly identified as fission products."
    Done Double sharp (talk) 07:03, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Production:
- Synthesis:
  - "in human-induced artificial nuclear reactions."
    Done Double sharp (talk) 07:11, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Chemistry and compounds:
- Oxides:
  - "Three nonhydrous anhydrous neptunium oxides have been reported…"
    Done Double sharp (talk) 07:12, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - "…; although , though some studies…"
    Done Double sharp (talk) 07:12, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Role in nuclear waste:
- "Due to its long half-life, neptunium becomes will become the major contributor of the total to nuclear waste radiation in 10,000 years."
  Done Double sharp (talk) 07:16, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Er…
- That's it. Parcly Taxel 05:46, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]